Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli has told the Boston Globe that centerMarc Savardis still dealing with post-concussion symptoms, as the center continues to experience headaches stemming from his latest concussion. The report notes that “barring an immediate turnaround in his condition,” Savard will not be ready for training camp.

Savard, who missed the beginning of last season due to post-concussion syndrome, was once again shut down for the year after taking a routine hit from former teammate Matt Hunwick in the Bruins’ Jan. 22 contest vs. the Avalanche.

As a result of all the concussion issues, Savard played in just 25 games last season, 14 short of the 41 (or one in the finals) required for one to get their name on the Stanley Cup. The Bruins petitioned for both Savard and Steven Kampfer (38 regular-season games) to get their names on the trophy, but the report notes there is no news on the matter. Savard will have his day with the Cup on Monday.

Bruins center Marc Savard will be at Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals between the B’s and Lightning, marking his first return to TD Garden since being shut down for the season on Feb. 7.

Savard is dealing with post-concussion syndrome following a clean hit from former teammate Matt Hunwick on Jan. 22 in Colorado. Since being shut down for the regular season and playoffs, Savard has stayed at home in Peterborough, Ontario. The 33-year-old had two goals and eight assists for 10 points in 25 games this year. He began the season on long-term injured reserve due to PCS from the hit he took last March 7 from Penguins forward Matt Cooke.

Bruins coach Claude Julien said Thursday morning that centerMarc Savard is en route to Boston after returning home to Peterborough, Ontario following the diagnosis of his fourth concussion. Savard, who missed the first 23 games of the season with post-concussion syndrome, suffered his second concussion in just over 10 months on a routine hit from Avalanche defenseman Matt Hunwick on Jan. 22.

Upon Savard’s return to Boston, he will receive further evaluation from the team doctors.

“Savvy is due in today, but I don’t think we’re going to get an answer today, and people are all waiting for an answer here,” Julien said. “He still has to see the medical staff. Again, that doesn’t mean the decision will be made tomorrow or the day after.”

Julien added that while he can understand why updates on Savard are so heavily sought, he doesn’t know when the answer regarding what the center’s short-term and long-term future holds.

“Right now, I know he’s on his way back,” Julien said. “From there on [out], it’s kind of out of my hands. It’s out doctors and our medical people and our trainers that are going to be dealing with him.

“With concussions, as you know, it could be a matter of saying, ‘Well, we’re going to give it another week and see how he feels,’ but we don’t know when that answer’s going to come. That’s where we’re at right now with Savvy. How’s that going to impact the team? I think we’ll only be able to find that out when we do have that answer that everybody’s looking for.”

Bruins center Marc Savardwill return to Boston for tests after a hit from Avalanche defenseman Matt Hunwick caused him to leave Saturday’s game with a head injury. The team is traveling to Los Angeles on Saturday in anticipation of Monday’s game against the Kings.

“He’s going to be headed back home,” Claude Julien told NESN’s Naoko Funayama following the team’s 6-2 win. “He got shook up obviously, and for precautionary reasons, were going to send him back home to get evaluated by our own doctors.”

Savard fell to the ice following the hit, as his head appeared to hit to the boards. He missed the first 23 games of the season with post-concussion syndrome.

It’s safe to say that Bruins rookie defenseman Steven Kampfer was up last night thinking about his NHL debut. Kampfer said Thursday morning that he didn’t fall asleep until 2:30 a.m. as he readied himself for a moment he’s been waiting for all his life.

Kampfer is stepping in for the injured Mark Stuart, who is out four-to-six weeks with a broken hand and dislocated ring finger. Yet Kampfer, a right-handed puck-mover, is nothing like the bigger, tougher, left-handed-er (?) Stuart. He’s more or less a better fit to replace Matt Hunwick. The two players went to college together at Michigan, and spoke on Wednesday night.

“I talked to Matt last night. We had a good conversation,” Kampfer said. “It was funny, because I had watched some clips of him. I was telling him how [the Bruins] wanted me to watch him, see how he played, and did a couple of things.”

Kampfer isn’t assuming that just because he was called up that he’ll stay with the big club until Stuart returns from injury in January or February. The B’s have options with their young defensemen and Kampfer knows it.

“I don’t think it’s a long opportunity. I think it’s day by day,” Kampfer said. “That’s how you go about it. You’re still on a two-way, and they can send you down at any time. You’ve just got to play well every day and show you deserve to be here. That’s my goal, is to be able to play strong every day and make sure I earn a spot here.”

The 22-year-old was in the last group of cuts before the team departed for Belfast on Sept. 29. The team elected to bring former Ohio State blue liner Matt Bartkowski over Kampfer, but Claude Julien said Thursday that they “could have flipped a coin” at the time.

The competition between the young defenders is a plus for an organization that hasn’t been able to carry a seventh defenseman since the trade of Hunwick. The kids know that someone could get the call at any time. They’re just using their time in the AHL to make sure it’s them when the time comes.

“We have a lot of good defensemen down in Providence. There’s a handful of guys that could have come up,” Kampfer said. “I was fortunate that I got the call, but at the same time, I have to prove why I’m here and I have to make sure that I’m helping this team win.”

Kampfer led all Providence defensemen with 16 points (3, 13) at the time of his call-up.

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Kampfer said on Wednesday that he spoke to his mom immediately following his call-up and that she was scurrying to get tickets to Boston from Michigan. Turns out she had success, as both of Kampfer’s parents, as well as his agent (Alex Schall) will be in attendance for Kampfer’s NHL debut.

His folks didn’t come out to Boston for the two rookie games, though they made two trips to Providence to see him play.

NESN, NBC and Hockey Night in Canada NHL analyst Mike Milbury made his weekly appearance on the Dale & Holley show Wednesday. To hear the interview, including Milbury talking about whether he would consider a return to coaching, go to the Dale & Holley audio on demand page.

With the Bruins struggling, Milbury was asked what the team needs to do to turn things around.

“I haven’t seen the intense forecheck, except when they get desperate,” he said. “That’s not a good thing. You want to get on the forecheck. You want to get in and create some havoc. And when you’re doing that, that means physical play. And if you’ve been watching the Bruins for the last five or six games, you’re not seeing a ton of that. And I’m not talking about fighting. I’m talking about in-fast, pressure forechecking, intimidating not only with your bodychecking, but with your speed and intensity to cut down the time the defenseman has to move the puck. They’re sort of blah. ‘¦ The Bruins have to play at a far higher pace to be successful.”

Asked if Zdeno Chara needs to set the tone for the team, Milbury said he’d first like to see players such as Milan Lucic provide more of a physical presence.

“I think Lucic has to be more involved physically,” he said. “And I’m not talking about fighting from him. The 10 goals are well and good. But harken back to a couple of years ago when this kid made a mark on this city and this franchise. It was with his purposeful forechecking. It was like nonstop, Terry O’Reilly-type forechecking. I haven’t seen that. I know he’s going to mature and settle in and use his energy more efficiently and conservatively. But you can’t lose that edge. And right now, I don’t think he’s got it.

“Chara can take care of it in his own zone, and I think he needs to do a little bit better job of being on the edge and nasty in order to make sure people on his team see that, feel it, feel the intensity,” Milbury added. “That’s what’s missing. Those are two key players in the scheme of things. But you need it from [Brad] Marchand. You need it from [Gregory] Campbell. You need it from guys that can get there and pressure defensemen, and that’s their role. They’re not expected to be huge offensive contributors, but they set the tone. They set the passion level for this team.”

Milbury noted the Bruins’ lack of speed is an issue as well.

“I think they need quickness. I think they need some speed,” he said. “I don’t want to go back to the [Phil] Kessel deal in a big way, but they miss his speed, they miss his penetrating speed off the wing. ‘¦ It’s the kind of speed that gets defensemen second-guessing themselves, thinking about, ‘Jeez, where is this guy? Where’s he going to go?’ ”

WILMINGTON — Adam McQuaid has gotten plenty of attention this season, but each time he’s been in the spotlight, it seems it’s been because of another player. That’s generally the life of a healthy scratch, but it’s a life McQuaid no longer leads.

When Johnny Boychuk‘s forearm ended up being fractured following a slash he took from Brandon Dubinsky on Oct. 23 against the Rangers, McQuaid, who had spent the first six games of the season in a suit, got the call. He’s received attention lately for post-practice battle drills with Marc Savard, something the team hopes will get the center ready for the physical aspect of the game. Now, the questions about McQuaid regard how he can step in and replace Matt Hunwick, who the team traded to Colorado on Monday in a team to clear cap space.

“It’s an opportunity. I’m not going to try and change too much,” McQuaid. “I’m obviously not going to step in and replace what [Hunwick] did. I’ll just play my own game, and hopefully secure a spot.”

Indeed, McQuaid will not replace what Hunwick brought to the table, as speed and puck-moving are not McQuaid’s forte. Instead, McQuaid’s safe and bruising style (and right-handed shot) will have to suffice. The “secure a spot” talk doesn’t really apply to McQuaid right away at least, as the move to send Hunwick out was also a vote of confidence for McQuaid from the Bruins. This isn’t a quick fix or a temporary replacement while a guy is hurt — McQuaid is now part of the six, something he hasn’t been able to say without somebody being injured.

“It can be mentally tough when you’re in and out of the lineup, and from game to game not sure if you’re going to play,” McQuaid said. “I think if anything, it’s made me mentally tougher. Being here all year and practicing, it gives me the opportunity to be up here at this level.”

In 10 games this season, McQuaid has an assist and an even rating to go along with 21 penalty minutes. His teammates know that there’s some give and take involved with swapping McQuaid in for Hunwick, but they’re excited to see what he can do with a job that is definitely his own.

“It gives us another right-handed shot. Hunwick’s a good skater, and it gives an opportunity for Adam to step in and do a good job,” Boychuk said.

McQuaid played in 19 games last year, registering one goal and 21 penalty minutes before adding six more penalty minutes in nine playoff games. A lower-body injury forced him out of Game 3 against the Flyers and kept him out for the rest of the playoffs.

Judging on what he’s seen from McQuaid since his NHL debut last season, Claude Julien has seen improvement in some areas, but none more than in the 24-year-old’s confidence.

“He was basically playing very safe last year. He didn’t want to make mistakes, and I think this year, he’s got more confidence,” Julien said. “That confidence is coming from a little bit more experience. That’s probably what’s changed the most about his game.”

McQuaid will play his 11th game of the season when the Bruins take on the Flyers in Philadelphia on Wednesday.